+#define P9_INIT_MAXTAG 16
+
+
+/**
+ * enum p9_req_status_t - virtio request status
+ * @REQ_STATUS_IDLE: request slot unused
+ * @REQ_STATUS_SENT: request sent to server
+ * @REQ_STATUS_RCVD: response received from server
+ * @REQ_STATUS_FLSH: request has been flushed
+ *
+ * The @REQ_STATUS_IDLE state is used to mark a request slot as unused
+ * but use is actually tracked by the idpool structure which handles tag
+ * id allocation.
+ *
+ */
+
+enum p9_req_status_t {
+ REQ_STATUS_IDLE,
+ REQ_STATUS_SENT,
+ REQ_STATUS_RCVD,
+ REQ_STATUS_FLSH,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct p9_req_t - virtio request slots
+ * @status: status of this request slot
+ * @wq: wait_queue for the client to block on for this request
+ *
+ * The virtio transport uses an array to track outstanding requests
+ * instead of a list. While this may incurr overhead during initial
+ * allocation or expansion, it makes request lookup much easier as the
+ * tag id is a index into an array. (We use tag+1 so that we can accomodate
+ * the -1 tag for the T_VERSION request).
+ * This also has the nice effect of only having to allocate wait_queues
+ * once, instead of constantly allocating and freeing them. Its possible
+ * other resources could benefit from this scheme as well.
+ *
+ */
+
+struct p9_req_t {
+ int status;
+ wait_queue_head_t *wq;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct virtio_chan - per-instance transport information
+ * @initialized: whether the channel is initialized
+ * @inuse: whether the channel is in use
+ * @lock: protects multiple elements within this structure
+ * @vdev: virtio dev associated with this channel
+ * @vq: virtio queue associated with this channel
+ * @tagpool: accounting for tag ids (and request slots)
+ * @reqs: array of request slots
+ * @max_tag: current number of request_slots allocated
+ * @sg: scatter gather list which is used to pack a request (protected?)
+ *
+ * We keep all per-channel information in a structure.